My Stop Motion

This is my finished stop animation video.

In order to create a stop animation many different single shots must be stitched together so that once played it portrays real movement. I took these slides with my Nikon DSLR on a tripod so that movement of the camera did not disrupt the smoothness of the animation. I was taking photos of printed cut outs of my own photos. I photographed and editied the back drop for my animation in a park play ground of the slide, and then, with the help of a friend, took photos of myself in many differnt postions.

This story board shows the progression of stills that I took to create my animation.

Seedy Joiner

I look a load of photos of this one wall from left to right just pivoting on where I was standing, not moving. The joiner I made has a wide angle effect because of this. Im not happy with the saturation and levels so I'm about to edit this further.

Stop Motion Plan and Research

I have decided on a subject for my animation that will relate to previous pieces that I have done. I have a general outlook on what it will look like. I hope to use photos of myself and many different items that have a personal meaning to me. This will be much like this photomontage that I have made in the past https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4DcPzgNCDz2jMUYs4Cok-02xPXj-elZTY7lxCjKCHF1khdTfRbpWn0XQi0M04NZT-UNebL6JBw96K_8WWvgSWq1JXEk3T9aQg59mpq2pkdlPnrI_2pqR5U4iwHcUutIWAvP6BgIvcHk2/s1600/PMontoage+copy+2+copy_600x399.shkl.jpg
The ranodm items will come out of my mouth as I ,and my background, move to look as though the camera is panning circularly around me. I have made a story board which I will scan in soon to demonstrate a more detailed picture of what I intend on creating.

Some examples:

Home Made Cake

I've been interested in fish eye and wide angle photography for a several years now and i have owned a lomography fisheye camera for a while now. After buying my Nikon D50 I wanted to convert it to fish eye some how as i know lenses are expensive. Ended up making one from a lens cap and a door spy hole. These are some shots of the 'lenses' and some examples.

Joiner

I created this photomontage 'joiner' using many separate photos that i took of my bedroom following my theme of 'my life as a teenager'.

This screen shot shows a few of the layers that i inserted my different images into to create the joiner.

This was fun to make but next time i'll focus more on composition.

Photomontage

This is my finished photomontage. I'd like to create more in the future but possibly without the use of photoshop.

These i two individual photos that i manipulated and combined to make my montage along with the photo of my face. I chose personal, small objects that create the essence of a general teenage lifestyle as well as my own specific one.

My Own Photomantage - Research

This amateur photo from flickr.com is iconic of a modern urban enviroment by combining the features within it. I'd like to create a montage with a similar style to this one with no strict rectanglular shape to it, more of an irregular jagged shape.

I may also try something like this with image-through-image style. I will go out and take photos of people to use for my montage that relate to my life as a 21st century teenager.